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'''To start the process:''' | '''To start the process:''' | ||
Follow the steps in | Follow the steps in the Reconsideration and Appeal topic at page 47 of [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1082 ''How to Apply for Welfare'']. | ||
In summary, here is how you begin: | In summary, here is how you begin: | ||
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# You ask a Ministry worker why the benefit or supplement was denied, cut off or reduced. Get them to tell you what law or policy they based their decision on. | # You ask a Ministry worker why the benefit or supplement was denied, cut off or reduced. Get them to tell you what law or policy they based their decision on. | ||
# You ask a Ministry worker to prepare and provide you with a Request for Reconsideration form. | # You ask a Ministry worker to prepare and provide you with a Request for Reconsideration form. | ||
# Follow the tips and information for | # Follow the tips and information for reconsideration in [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1082 ''How to Apply for Welfare'']. Complete the Request for Reconsideration form and return it to the welfare office ''within 20 business days''. When you complete the form, focus on how the Ministry applied the welfare rules incorrectly. Attach copies of any documents or other evidence that supports your side of the story. Also be sure to attach any evidence the Ministry used to make their decision. If you need more time to give the Ministry more documents or argument, see the information about how to ask for more time at page 47 in [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1082 ''How to Apply for Welfare'']. | ||